Columns by H.O. Charles

This Christina Deleon episode appears to be another incident of citizen abuse being excused by the fact that "police [soldiers, etc.] have a dangerous job." While this is indeed the case, this type of mistreatment always comes from enforcers who have decided to place that burden of danger upon those who have not agreed to it rather than face it themselves. And they do it in the name of bravery...

I am conducting an experiment in human nature. It didn't start out that way -- and it's certainly not my ultimate goal -- but I'm conducting it nonetheless because I have an idea of how it will turn out and, if I'm right, it will bring good upon others.
A little background:
Every Monday night, for the past year-and-a-half, a few friends and I meet downtown to where the homeless loiter, and we...